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FLORULA GAMBICA 



UNE CONTRIBUTION A LA FLORE DE LA COLONIE BRITANNIQUE 



DE LA 



GAMBIE 



PAR 



Frédéric ]\I. WILLIAMS. 



(Suite et fin.) 



Ord. Personales 



Fam. 51. SCROFULARIACE^ 



189. Bacopa decumbens Williams comb. nov. — Swamps at 

 Bakkendik, in Upper Niumi district (Lester, n. 30 N}. Introduced (?) from 

 Mexico. 



Syn. — Herpestis decumbens Fernald in Proc. Amer. Acad. XXXIIL 

 91 (Cet. 1897). Moniera decumbens Skan in FI. Trop. Afr. IV. sect. 2. 321 

 (1906). 



190. Scoparia dulcis L. — FTA. IV. sect. 2. 355 (Ingram). Gun- 

 jour in South Kommbo district; and Jarrol, on Vintang Greek, in Bondali 

 district (Lester, n. 6 S, n. 44 S). 



191. Buechnera hispida D. Don. — FTA. IV. sect. 2. 397; 

 (Boleler). 



192. Buechnera leptostachya Benth. — FT A. IV. sect. 2. 394; 

 Faraba Sotu in East Kommbo district (Lester, n. 42 S). 



193. Buechnera longifolia Kiotzsch. — FTA. IV. sect. 2. 398; 

 (Ingram). Karngour in Lower Baddibu district (Lester, n. 41 N). Native 

 narne «Dam-Pan « ; used as a blue-black dye. Lester's n. 62 N(cited in 

 FTA., — n. 41 N is not ciled) refers to a spécimen foimd al Drame Joku 

 in French territory ; it bas not been reporled from Gambia itself. 



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